Psalm 7:8. “The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to the integrity that is in me.” JUDGE THE PEOPLE. Have we missed out on, or overlooked, some wrong that can be righted? Is there some work or deed to do that in our darkness we have slighted?
At the moment, there seems no upward movement that really can be detected; There are no souls coming into view; no new ones Thou hast elected. If there are open doors around that I have overlooked; If there are opportunities that for some reason I never took; Then bring those things before me and impress them on my mind, So, I will go into the field again, and in gleaning I might find Some souls that have not learned the way – eyes that cannot see; And I will bring to them the Gospel – O Lord judge Thou me.
I know that all God’s judgments are true and just in every way. I know that thoughts and intents are heard – not just the words I say. I know that when there is a failure, the cause is known to Thee. I know that for every decision made, the judgment will be righteous. I know in all the works of man, to God is nothing hidden. I know that careless men don’t know God hears all that is said. I know that if men don’t hear the Word of Truth and God’s salvation, They someday in the future, will get eternal condemnation. I know that they’ll be judged and that God judges righteously; But I, too, am responsible – they must hear God’s truth from me.
Whether saint or sinner, we each will have our day: One before the bema, to be judged by our integrity – The other kneeling down before the Lord in trembling and in fear, Will hear, “I never knew you; there’s no place for you up here.” The wicked will be judged for sins for which they are responsible, The saved person, for the things he did for God, not for the things impossible. The unrighteous were not willing to believe or trust the Savior. The saints of God will gain or lose, depending on their behavior. The Lord, in righteous judgment, will dispense to everyone. No one will ever be able to say that justice has not been done.
“O God of all righteousness and justice: my prayer today is that I will never take lightly or try to excuse wrong behavior, but will confess and forsake anything that is not right. Some things I fear I have overlooked or left undone. Other times I have gone to far in words or deeds. I confess the sin of failing to reach the lost as I should. I confess that I have not been as faithful as I should be to the people of God. I make this confession before Thee, thanking Thee for forgiveness assured, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”